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There is one other person living in New Testament times whose name is translated as Jesus. His name occurs in Colossians 4:11. He is also known as Justus.

The name Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew name, Joshua [as we pronounce it in English]. In the Old Testament, there are at least 4 characters named Joshua. Joshua, the leader of Israel who succeeded Moses and brought them into the promised land, is called "Jesus" in Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8 [King James Version]. Jeshua, the variant spelling of Joshua, occurs 60 times in the Old Testament applied to 6 other individuals.

So, the bottom line answer is that, really, there are about a dozen people named "Jesus" in the Bible if we take into account the Hebrew form of the name.

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